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What is man, that you think of him? The son of man, that you care for him?
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A Question of Awe
The psalmist, gazing at the majestic heavens, is struck by a profound paradox. Commentators explain that the question "What is man?" expresses awe that the glorious Creator of the universe would be "mindful" of humanity, which is described as frail, weak, and insignificant. This divine attention is not earned but is a display of God's wonderful and undeserved goodness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
What is man—what claim does one so weak, frail, and short-lived have to be remembered by You? What is there in man that entitles him to so m…
19th Century
Anglican
Man ... son of man ... — The first, possibly, with a suggestion of frailty; the second, to his l…
Baptist
He, whose voice rolls the stars along, who makes those bright worlds to fly like sparks from the anvil of his omnipotence, how can he stoop so low …
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16th Century
Protestant
As the Hebrew particle כי, ki, often has the same meaning as because or for, and simply affirms a thing, both the Greek …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
What is man, that you are mindful of him ? &c.] That is, the psalmist, while he was considering the greatness and gl…
We are to consider the heavens, so that man may in this way be directed to set his affections on things above. What is man, so lowly a creature, th…
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13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the psalmist offered a psalm in which David prayed because of his persecution; here, he offers a psalm of thanksgiving.
He prese…
